Apparatus for separating molten glass into mold charges



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ATTORNEY Juli 199250 11 5 7 1 K. E; PERLEFE APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING MOLTEN GLASS INTO mom 'CEARGES ori inal Filed March 25, 1922- Arm/mar I Patented July 21, 1925.

KARL n. PEILER, or WEST HARTFORD,

connncrrcur, ASSIGNOR To HARTFORD-- FAIRMONT COMPANY, OF CANAJOHARIE, NEW.YORK,IA CORPORATION OF NEW YORK. I

, APPARATUS non SEPARATING MOLTEN GLAss INTO Mom) omens.

Application filed March 25,1922, Serial No. 546,551.. Renewed February 27, 1925. I

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, E. Pnrnnn, acitizen of the United States, residing at 'West Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for-Sep-v arating Molten Glass into Mold (lhargespof which the following is a specificationIf -j This invention relates to apparatus for separating molten glass into mold charges, by the means of oneor more shear blades having a movement resoluble into acomponentat right angles to the path of the glass and a component parallel to the'path of the glass; that is, the shearing movements are oblique, in part at least, with respect to the line of movement of the-glass.

The object of the invention is to provide apparatus of the character-described, capable of controlling and varying the shape of the end of the mold charge. This is accomplished by providing means operable during the operation of machine to vary the relative tlme of occurrence of the components ofa movement oi the severing means, and means I for adjusting the speed or duration of. the

severing operation. By these means, the shape of the mold charges, particularly the lower ends, may be varied in accordance with the characteristics of the molds in whichthey,

are to be received.

The various features of. the invention emshaft 19, rotatable in bearin s 20 fixed on the top of the standards 15. us end of the ployed for the accomplishment of these objects and such others .as may hereinafter appear,.will best be understoodfrom the following description and 'accompan ing drawings of apreferred embodiment o the invention, in which:

Figure 1 is a frontelevationoitlie apparatus, including a portion of a container I of Fig. 1;

. blades which may Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the apparatus shown in Fig. 1, looking from theright;

Fig. 4 is adetailed view on an enlarged scale, showing, in plan, a form of serving e used;

Figs. 5, 6 and 7 are detailed views showing various shapes which may be produced bydvarious adjustments of the apparatus; an

cam which maybe used to'control the dropping movement of the shears. The present invention is herein illustrated and described as incorporated in a machine of the general type shown in U. S. Patent N 0. 1,37 9,594, in which glass severing shears are shown having oblique movements, to mlnimiz'e the conta'ctbetweenthe glass and the shears to avoid chilling the glass and heatin the shear blades.

In t is invention, a molten glass container 10, which may be a projection or forehearth formed on'the usual glass furnaceis provided with a submerged outlet 11, through'which glass is discharged either by the action of gravity alone orby the aid of'a plunger or any of the known devices discharge of glass. y I

The severing'means comprises apair of blades .12 mounted on the end of slides 13 for controlling the which are supported for movement toward.

and from each other by a plurality of anti-.

friction rolls. The blades 12 are caused to Fig. 8 is a detail view of .1.- adjustable move toward and from each other to sever the glass by levers 14 pivotallymounted on standards 15 and carrying at their upper ends rolls 16 which are held in engagement;

with cams 17 by springs 18. These shear actuating cams are rigidly mounted on a shaft is provided with a gear 21 which may .be "connected with any suitable source of power. By this construction the rotation of the shaft 19 causes theblades 12 to approach to 'severthe glass and to recede. The lower ends of the. mold time, and rate 0 movement of the shears during the-severing period. The shear actuatcharges may be variedin shape by-changing the position,

' glass The change in time brings a'difierent portion of the contour of the cams 17 into "contact with the rolls 16 at the time of cutting, and by forming the cams with a suitably varying.riseasdistmguished from auniform rise, the speed of the shears at the time of severing, may be varied. The studs are connected. for equal turning movement, by arms (Figs. 1 and 2) and a. link 26, oneof' the arms being provided with a setting index and suitable clamping means as shown at 27. When connected as shown, the eccentric portions of one stud should be set upwardly, and the other downwardly. Or the link 26 should be connected aboveone stud and below the other stud.

The blades are moved up and down 'during their reciprocations by tilting the slides 13 by means of grooved anti-friction rolls which support and guide the slides. One I ivotal roll 28- below each slide is mounted in Xed position on the standards 15 and rolls .29 below the slide are arranged to be moved- .vertically so as to cause the tilting movement. Each roll 29 is arranged for vertical movement by mounting it on an arm 30 pivotally. mounted at 31. on its standard and having its movable end connected with a rod 32 pivotally connected with an arm 33 mounted on a rock shaft 34. This rock shaft is carried in'projections. formed on the bearings 20, and it is oscillated at appropri-- ate intervals by an arm 35, carrying a roll 36' in engagement with a cam 37 mounted on and driven by the shaft 19 carrying the shear cams 17. p The slide 13 is provided with a third antifriction roll 40 which .yie-ldingly engages the upper edge of the slide, and holds it in engagement with both the pivot roll 28 and the movable roll 29. The roll 40 is mounted on an arm 41 pivotally'mounted on the standard 15 and having its freeend held yieldingly downward to cause the -ro1l to embrace the slide, by a spring 42.

construction, when the roll 29 islowered by the action of the cam 37, the roll 40 follows up the movement of the slide and keeps it firmly seated on the two lower rolls, rocking the slide upon thepivot roll 28.

In order that the rel tive time of operation of the shear cams 17 maybe adjusted and varied during the operation of thefmaehine, the cam 37 is driven through an adjustable'driving connection.

' loosely mounted on the shaft 19; This gear on a collarv45, carried by'the shaft 19, and 1 driven by a bevel gear 46 fixed on the'shaft' 19. The relation between the driving gear,

The cam37 is attached to a bevel gear 43 .is in mesh with a pinion 44, loosely mounted 46 and the driven gear 43, and consequently between the drop cam 37 and theshear cams p17, is adjusted 't-ion of I j 4 means of a hand wheel 47 which actuatesa by, varying the angular posithe collar on the's'haft 19 by By this and the. drop cam 37- worm 48 (Fig. in mesh with a segmental gear 49 formed integral with the collar 45. By turning the hand wheel47 tothe right or left, the drop cam 37 is advanced or retarded relative to the shear cams'17, correspondingly advancing or retarding the time of dropping the shear blades;

These adjustments of the pivots'24 and the drop cam 37 may be made at any time, without stopping the machine, so that effects of the adjustments may be observed while making them, and .without interrupting production.

The speed and duration of the dropping movement of the shears is determined by the contour of the cam 37 and in order that ,these factors may be varied-conveniently, a

cam having one or more removable "and adjust-able lobes may be employed, as illustrated in Fig. 8 where the shaft 19 carries a keyed collar 53 on which a cam lobe 5.4is adjustably secured by screws; 55 through slots in the cam. lobe. .By this construction the cam lobe may readily adjusted, or removed and another lobe substituted, to impart a greateror less drop to, the shears or tochange the speed or rate of drop.

. The blades 12 are preferably adjustably mounted on the slides 13 for vertical adjustme1it,'so as to vary the height of the shear blades relativeto the outlet, and .are preferably also adjustable sidewise so as to ad.-

just the shears sidewise in the desired relation to the outlet. Such an arrangement is shown in Fig. 1 by the vertically sliding blocks 22, adjusted vertically by screws-23. The shear blades are clamped in these blocks by screws 38 passing through slotted openings 39 (Fig. 4), in the shanks of the shear blades. More elaborate devices for thus mounting and adjusting the shear blades cooperating V shaped notches 56, which act to con'st rict the'glass on four sides while ev i gi 1 Fig. 5-.shows the form of stub produced by a horizontal movement only of the shear blades during the/severing operation. In this casefthe dropping; movement of the blades may occur after the completion of the severing operation, so as to remove the blades at once from engagement with the stub to minimize heating theiblades and chilling the glass."

I v v The prefe'rred-form of the bladesiis shown in Fig. 4 in which-they are provided with Fig.6 shows a' forth of stub in which the Feb. 7, .1922. The shear'blades-may be thus vertical and horizontal movements of the movement of the shears combined 'withthe eifect of the different speeds of severlng.

It is believed that the operation of themachine will be clearly-apparent fromjthe, foregoing description.

It is to beunderstood embodiment of the invention illustrated and means for moving thesevering means 1n a described has been selectedby Way of example only, and .that the constructionand arrangement of parts may be changed and modified without departingfrom the spirit of the inventionas defined bythe following claims. Y

I claim v 1. Apparatus for separatingmolten glass into mold charges, including glass severing means, means for moving the severing means in a direction which. is the resultant of tWo components, one component being parallel with the direction of movement of the glass and the other component being transverse thereto, and means for varying the relative time of occurrence of these'component movements during the operation of the apparatus. 2. Apparatus for separating molten glass into mold chargesincluding a molten glass container havin' an outlet through which' the glass is 'scharg'ed,, glass severing means, means for. 1noving='=.the severing means .in a direction substantially parallel with the directionof discharge of theglass,

direction transverseto the lineof discharge, and means for adjusting'the'relative times of occurrence of these movements during the operation ofthe apparatus. V

3. .In a machine having shea'r blades (for separating charges of molten glass, the combination of mechanism for reciprocating the shear blades, means operating in timed relation with the reciprocating means for .tilting'the shearblades during the reciprocation and means for adjusting the relative times of occurrence of the reciprocating and the tilting movements.

4. In apparatus for obtaining mold charges of molten glass, the combination with a flow outlet adapted .to deliver the molten glass, of severing means mounted for movement parallel with and also across the path through which the glass is delivered, separate means for effecting said movements, and means for adjusting the relative ,moving the acrossthe line of discharge of the glass, and

that the particular delivered from the outlet, a cam operatively tion, and means for adjustingthe duration times of occurrence of said movements dure ing the continuous operation of the machine. 5. In apparatus for obtaining mold charges of molten glassythe combination witha flow outlet adapted to deliver the molten glass, of severing means, means for 7 severing means diagonally means for varying the vertical component ofsuch niovement'independently of any variation in the horizontal component during a the operation of the apparatus.

6. In apparatus for separating molten glass intomold charges, the combination of a molten glass container having a discharge outlet, a pair of glass severing blades 8 mounted for reciprocation to sever glass connected with the shear blades to move them vertically, a camto reciprocate the blades and'means .for adjusting the timed 8 relation of the cams during the operation of the machine.

i 7. Inv machines'having shear. blades for separating charges of molten glass, the combination of mechanism for reciprocating 9 each blade horizontally, a rock shaft, connections between the rock shaft and the shear blades for moving them vertically, and means for adjusting the relative time ofoccurrence ofthe said horizontal and the ver- 9 tical movements of the shear blades.

' 8,111. apparatus for separating molten l glass into mold charges, the combination of shears to sever the glass, means for changing the plane of the shears during. each sever- 1 ing operation, and means for adjusting the severing speed of the. shears.

9. In apparatus for separating molten glass into mold charges, the combination of a' container having an .outlet for' the dis-' 1 charge of the glass, shears adapted to sever the glass beneath the outlet, means for drop ping the shears during the severing operaof the severing period: 10. In apparatus for separating molten glass into mold charges, the combination of shears, means for actuating the shears to sever the glass, means for ad usting the duration of the severing operation, means for 1 lowering the shears during the severing operatlon, and means for ad usting the, tune of occurrence of the lowering movement.

. 11. In apparatus for separating molten glass into mold charges, the combination of shears, a cam to imparta severing movement to the shears, a cam to lower the shears, and i means for effecting independent adjustment of the time of operation of each 25.

cam, 1

Signed at Hartford, Connecticut, this 24th day of March, 1922.

KARL E. PEILER. 

